Abstract: For determine effect of use different levels of caraway powder on performance of broile... more Abstract: For determine effect of use different levels of caraway powder on performance of broiler chickens a total 240 one day broilers chicks (Ross 308) were divided into 4 groups of 15 birds each and assigned to 4 treatment diets. Chicks were fed by basal diet with control diet and 1(T 1), 1.5(T 2) and 2(T 3) percentage added caraway. At the end of experiment 2 birds form each group were slaughtered and some parameters such as feed intake (FI), body weight gain (BW) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were determined. Data showed that use caraway caused decrease FCR with increasing BW.Although the use of Caraway was reduced abdominal fat but statistically significant effects in terms were not observed. Drumstick percentage was increase were broilers fed with T 1,T2, T 3 (p<0.05). Breast meat percentage was higher than others for T 3but there were no significant effects about breast meat percentage between treatments. Some blood factor such as triglyceride, calcium and phosphorus c...
Research Opinions in Animal & Veterinary Sciences, 2014
An investigation was carried out to determine the effect of virginiamycin and black pepper extrac... more An investigation was carried out to determine the effect of virginiamycin and black pepper extract on performance of broiler chicks. A total of 240 day old (Ross 308) broiler chicks were divided into three groups. Treatment diets were basal diet (T1), basal diet with 200 g/ton virginiamycin powder (T2) and basal diet with 2 mg/ml black pepper aqueous extract (T3). Data was collected on feed intake, body weight gains and feed conversion ratio. Blood samples were analyzed for triglyceride, HDL, LDL and antibody titre against Newcastle disease vaccine. In addition, intestinal microbial populations for Escherichia coli and Lactobacillus (Cfu/g) were also investigated. The results showed that carcass characteristics improved significantly (P<0.05) in T2 and T3. Serum cholesterol profile and antibody titre improved in experimental diets (P<0.05) compared to the control. The intestinal population of E. coli decreased and Lactobacillus increased significantly in treated groups. In con...
ABSTARCT This study was to investigate the effects of feeding dried potato powder with or without... more ABSTARCT This study was to investigate the effects of feeding dried potato powder with or without glucanases enzyme on performance of Japanese quail. A total of 192 fifteen days old quail chicks with an average weight of 40±50g were divided into 8 treatments with 3 replicates as experimental factorial design. The treatments were divided as basal diet with no enzyme and potato powder kept as control and for others 15 % potato with (0.5g/kg) or without glucanases enzyme, 30 % potato with (0.5g/kg) or without glucanases enzyme, 15 % potato with (0.5g/kg) or without glucanases enzyme were used respectively. The live body weight gains and feed consumption of birds were measured individually feed conversion efficiency were calculated weekly. At the end of the trial for investigating the effect of using tomato powder supplementation on performance of quails, 2 birds form each replicates were slaughtered and some blood samples were taken for blood parameters determination. Data showed that ...
Research Opinions in Animal & Veterinary Sciences, 2014
This study was planned to investigate the effect of using commercial GLOBACID on performance and ... more This study was planned to investigate the effect of using commercial GLOBACID on performance and some haematological parameters in Japanese quail. A total of 180 one day old quail chicks with an average weight of 17.44 g were divided into five treatment s and were further subdivided into 3 replicates. The birds were either treated with no GLOBACID (control) or treated with 0.5 kg/ton (S1), 1 kg/ton (S2) and 1.5 kg/ton (S3) and 2 kg/ton (S4) GLOBACID. The live body weight gains and feed consumption of birds were measured individually. Feed conversion efficiency was calculated weekly. At the end of the trial, 4 birds from each replicate were slaughtered and some blood samples were taken for haematological parameters. The performance data showed no significant effect between the control and treated groups expect carcass yield which increased significantly in S2 and S4. Triglyceride decreased significantly in S1 and S2. It was concluded that using commercial GLOBACID® had some beneficia...
This study was conducted to evaluate the carcass yield, abdominal fat deposition and chemical com... more This study was conducted to evaluate the carcass yield, abdominal fat deposition and chemical compositions of thigh and breast muscles of male Arian broilers fed three different lysine levels of 1) high lysine (110% NRC), 2) standard level suggested by National Research Council (NRC) and 3) low lysine (90% NRC) based on two expression ways of amino acid contents of feedstuffs, as total amino acids (TAA) or digestible amino acids (DAA). Three hundred one day old male broiler chickens were used in a completely randomized design with 6 treatments of 5 replicates (10 male broilers). All diets were iso-caloric and iso-nitrogenous. The results of this study showed that diet formulation based on DAA significantly influenced breast muscle yieldand abdominal fat deposition. High lysine level (110% NRC) significantly improved carcass yield, breast and thigh muscle percentages and weights. The interaction between DAA × lysine levels of the feed affects carcass and breast muscle percentages of ...
Research Opinions in Animal & Veterinary Sciences, 2014
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Heracleum persicum extract on performance, bl... more The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Heracleum persicum extract on performance, blood cholesterol and immune response in broiler chicks. A total 320 one day broiler chicks with an average weight of 41±50 g were randomly divided into four treatments. Each treatment was further divided into four replicates. Chicks were fed a basal diet either as control diet or 100, 150 and 200 mg/l of H. persicum extract in other treatments (T1, T2 and T3). At the end of trial (42 days), 2 birds form each treatment were weighed and slaughtered. Data showed that feed intake (FI) increased significantly in treated groups in comparison to control (P<0.05). Body weight gain (BWG) and total body weight (TBW) were also significantly higher in treated groups. Cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL level decreased significantly in treated groups while HDL level increased in all treated groups. Antibody titre against Newcastle disease virus increased significantly in treated diet compared to the con...
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of use of coneflower and virginiamycine on per... more This study was conducted to investigate the effect of use of coneflower and virginiamycine on performance of broiler chicks. A total 240 one day broilers chicks (Ross 308) were divided into 4 groups of 20 birds each and assigned to 3 treatment diets. Chicks were fed by basal diet as control diet, 2% cornflower (T1), 2% virginiamycine (T2). At the end of trial for carcass evaluation 4 birds form each group were slaughtered. In addition some parameters such as feed intake (FI), body weight gain (BW), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were calculated and compared together. Some blood parameters such as Cholesterol and Triglyceride of blood were determined. Sample of blood were taken for antibody titer against new castle vaccine evaluation on 28, 36 and 42 days old chicks. Data showed no significant difference for feed intake in experimental groups. Chicks were fed with T2 diet was higher weight gain compared to others. This result showed that all treatments have better final result in co...
ABSTRACT The present experiment was conducted to investigate effects of dietary coenzyme Q10 (CQ1... more ABSTRACT The present experiment was conducted to investigate effects of dietary coenzyme Q10 (CQ10) supplementation on growth performance, meat quality, immune responses, and myostatin gene expression in broiler quail. A total of 605 one d-old Japanese broiler quail (Coturnix japonica) were randomly allotted to 11 dietary treatments with 5 replicates pens of 11 chicks each in a completely randomized design during a 5-wk period. Experimental treatments consisted of a control (CTL) diet: basal corn-soybean meal diet supplemented with vitamin E in the vitamin premix as recommended by breeder manual; CTL diet without vitamin E supplementation in the vitamin premix (CTL–), and CTL diet supplemented with 100 IU vitamin E in the vitamin premix (CTL+). The other dietary treatments included CTL diet supplemented with inclusion rates of 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 105, and 210 mg CQ10/kg. Although CTL– or CTL+ diets did not affect growth performance of broiler quail, supplementation of 105 or 210 mg CQ10/kg to CTL diet improved weight gain and feed conversion ratio so that quail possessed better growth performance (P
The aim of studywas to compare efficacy of 1-α(OH)D3 alone or in combination with phytase and 1-α... more The aim of studywas to compare efficacy of 1-α(OH)D3 alone or in combination with phytase and 1-α(OH)D3 in combination of phytase and different concentration of cholecalciferol on performance, tibia parameters, andplasma minerals of quails fed Ca-P deficient diet. A total of 280 mixed sex 5-d-old quails were allocated to 7 treatments with 5 replicates. The vitamin supplement which incorporated to basal diet did not contain cholecalciferol. The dietary treatments were as follows: Ca-P deficient diet (basal diet); basal diet + 500 FTU phytase/kg of diet; basal diet + phytase + 5 μg of 1-α(OH)D3 kg-1 of diet;basal diet + phytase + 5 μg of 1-α(OH)D3 and 250, 500, 750 and 1,000 IU of cholecalciferol kg-1of diet. The highest final body weight and the best feed conversion ratioobtained in the group supplemented with 1,000 IU cholecalciferol kg-1 of diet (p < 0.05). Supplementation of 1-α(OH)D3 alone or in combination with phytase and phytase and different concentration of cholecalcifero...
Abstract: For determine effect of use different levels of caraway powder on performance of broile... more Abstract: For determine effect of use different levels of caraway powder on performance of broiler chickens a total 240 one day broilers chicks (Ross 308) were divided into 4 groups of 15 birds each and assigned to 4 treatment diets. Chicks were fed by basal diet with control diet and 1(T 1), 1.5(T 2) and 2(T 3) percentage added caraway. At the end of experiment 2 birds form each group were slaughtered and some parameters such as feed intake (FI), body weight gain (BW) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were determined. Data showed that use caraway caused decrease FCR with increasing BW.Although the use of Caraway was reduced abdominal fat but statistically significant effects in terms were not observed. Drumstick percentage was increase were broilers fed with T 1,T2, T 3 (p<0.05). Breast meat percentage was higher than others for T 3but there were no significant effects about breast meat percentage between treatments. Some blood factor such as triglyceride, calcium and phosphorus c...
Research Opinions in Animal & Veterinary Sciences, 2014
An investigation was carried out to determine the effect of virginiamycin and black pepper extrac... more An investigation was carried out to determine the effect of virginiamycin and black pepper extract on performance of broiler chicks. A total of 240 day old (Ross 308) broiler chicks were divided into three groups. Treatment diets were basal diet (T1), basal diet with 200 g/ton virginiamycin powder (T2) and basal diet with 2 mg/ml black pepper aqueous extract (T3). Data was collected on feed intake, body weight gains and feed conversion ratio. Blood samples were analyzed for triglyceride, HDL, LDL and antibody titre against Newcastle disease vaccine. In addition, intestinal microbial populations for Escherichia coli and Lactobacillus (Cfu/g) were also investigated. The results showed that carcass characteristics improved significantly (P<0.05) in T2 and T3. Serum cholesterol profile and antibody titre improved in experimental diets (P<0.05) compared to the control. The intestinal population of E. coli decreased and Lactobacillus increased significantly in treated groups. In con...
ABSTARCT This study was to investigate the effects of feeding dried potato powder with or without... more ABSTARCT This study was to investigate the effects of feeding dried potato powder with or without glucanases enzyme on performance of Japanese quail. A total of 192 fifteen days old quail chicks with an average weight of 40±50g were divided into 8 treatments with 3 replicates as experimental factorial design. The treatments were divided as basal diet with no enzyme and potato powder kept as control and for others 15 % potato with (0.5g/kg) or without glucanases enzyme, 30 % potato with (0.5g/kg) or without glucanases enzyme, 15 % potato with (0.5g/kg) or without glucanases enzyme were used respectively. The live body weight gains and feed consumption of birds were measured individually feed conversion efficiency were calculated weekly. At the end of the trial for investigating the effect of using tomato powder supplementation on performance of quails, 2 birds form each replicates were slaughtered and some blood samples were taken for blood parameters determination. Data showed that ...
Research Opinions in Animal & Veterinary Sciences, 2014
This study was planned to investigate the effect of using commercial GLOBACID on performance and ... more This study was planned to investigate the effect of using commercial GLOBACID on performance and some haematological parameters in Japanese quail. A total of 180 one day old quail chicks with an average weight of 17.44 g were divided into five treatment s and were further subdivided into 3 replicates. The birds were either treated with no GLOBACID (control) or treated with 0.5 kg/ton (S1), 1 kg/ton (S2) and 1.5 kg/ton (S3) and 2 kg/ton (S4) GLOBACID. The live body weight gains and feed consumption of birds were measured individually. Feed conversion efficiency was calculated weekly. At the end of the trial, 4 birds from each replicate were slaughtered and some blood samples were taken for haematological parameters. The performance data showed no significant effect between the control and treated groups expect carcass yield which increased significantly in S2 and S4. Triglyceride decreased significantly in S1 and S2. It was concluded that using commercial GLOBACID® had some beneficia...
This study was conducted to evaluate the carcass yield, abdominal fat deposition and chemical com... more This study was conducted to evaluate the carcass yield, abdominal fat deposition and chemical compositions of thigh and breast muscles of male Arian broilers fed three different lysine levels of 1) high lysine (110% NRC), 2) standard level suggested by National Research Council (NRC) and 3) low lysine (90% NRC) based on two expression ways of amino acid contents of feedstuffs, as total amino acids (TAA) or digestible amino acids (DAA). Three hundred one day old male broiler chickens were used in a completely randomized design with 6 treatments of 5 replicates (10 male broilers). All diets were iso-caloric and iso-nitrogenous. The results of this study showed that diet formulation based on DAA significantly influenced breast muscle yieldand abdominal fat deposition. High lysine level (110% NRC) significantly improved carcass yield, breast and thigh muscle percentages and weights. The interaction between DAA × lysine levels of the feed affects carcass and breast muscle percentages of ...
Research Opinions in Animal & Veterinary Sciences, 2014
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Heracleum persicum extract on performance, bl... more The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Heracleum persicum extract on performance, blood cholesterol and immune response in broiler chicks. A total 320 one day broiler chicks with an average weight of 41±50 g were randomly divided into four treatments. Each treatment was further divided into four replicates. Chicks were fed a basal diet either as control diet or 100, 150 and 200 mg/l of H. persicum extract in other treatments (T1, T2 and T3). At the end of trial (42 days), 2 birds form each treatment were weighed and slaughtered. Data showed that feed intake (FI) increased significantly in treated groups in comparison to control (P<0.05). Body weight gain (BWG) and total body weight (TBW) were also significantly higher in treated groups. Cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL level decreased significantly in treated groups while HDL level increased in all treated groups. Antibody titre against Newcastle disease virus increased significantly in treated diet compared to the con...
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of use of coneflower and virginiamycine on per... more This study was conducted to investigate the effect of use of coneflower and virginiamycine on performance of broiler chicks. A total 240 one day broilers chicks (Ross 308) were divided into 4 groups of 20 birds each and assigned to 3 treatment diets. Chicks were fed by basal diet as control diet, 2% cornflower (T1), 2% virginiamycine (T2). At the end of trial for carcass evaluation 4 birds form each group were slaughtered. In addition some parameters such as feed intake (FI), body weight gain (BW), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were calculated and compared together. Some blood parameters such as Cholesterol and Triglyceride of blood were determined. Sample of blood were taken for antibody titer against new castle vaccine evaluation on 28, 36 and 42 days old chicks. Data showed no significant difference for feed intake in experimental groups. Chicks were fed with T2 diet was higher weight gain compared to others. This result showed that all treatments have better final result in co...
ABSTRACT The present experiment was conducted to investigate effects of dietary coenzyme Q10 (CQ1... more ABSTRACT The present experiment was conducted to investigate effects of dietary coenzyme Q10 (CQ10) supplementation on growth performance, meat quality, immune responses, and myostatin gene expression in broiler quail. A total of 605 one d-old Japanese broiler quail (Coturnix japonica) were randomly allotted to 11 dietary treatments with 5 replicates pens of 11 chicks each in a completely randomized design during a 5-wk period. Experimental treatments consisted of a control (CTL) diet: basal corn-soybean meal diet supplemented with vitamin E in the vitamin premix as recommended by breeder manual; CTL diet without vitamin E supplementation in the vitamin premix (CTL–), and CTL diet supplemented with 100 IU vitamin E in the vitamin premix (CTL+). The other dietary treatments included CTL diet supplemented with inclusion rates of 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 105, and 210 mg CQ10/kg. Although CTL– or CTL+ diets did not affect growth performance of broiler quail, supplementation of 105 or 210 mg CQ10/kg to CTL diet improved weight gain and feed conversion ratio so that quail possessed better growth performance (P
The aim of studywas to compare efficacy of 1-α(OH)D3 alone or in combination with phytase and 1-α... more The aim of studywas to compare efficacy of 1-α(OH)D3 alone or in combination with phytase and 1-α(OH)D3 in combination of phytase and different concentration of cholecalciferol on performance, tibia parameters, andplasma minerals of quails fed Ca-P deficient diet. A total of 280 mixed sex 5-d-old quails were allocated to 7 treatments with 5 replicates. The vitamin supplement which incorporated to basal diet did not contain cholecalciferol. The dietary treatments were as follows: Ca-P deficient diet (basal diet); basal diet + 500 FTU phytase/kg of diet; basal diet + phytase + 5 μg of 1-α(OH)D3 kg-1 of diet;basal diet + phytase + 5 μg of 1-α(OH)D3 and 250, 500, 750 and 1,000 IU of cholecalciferol kg-1of diet. The highest final body weight and the best feed conversion ratioobtained in the group supplemented with 1,000 IU cholecalciferol kg-1 of diet (p < 0.05). Supplementation of 1-α(OH)D3 alone or in combination with phytase and phytase and different concentration of cholecalcifero...
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